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Pele jokes he's fit for Olympics


 

Pele has joked he is fit to play in the Olympics following the Brazilian soccer great's discharge from the hospital. The former New York cosmos striker was admitted into Albert Einstein hospital on November 24 on account of urinary tract infection after a kidney stones surgery done on him on November 13. Pele, 74, said he is well and ready to appear in the 2016 Olympic football gold in Rio. The three-time World cup winner who had a kidney removed in his final period as a player admitted the sickness was unexpected but death was not a scare. Appreciating his fans and friends, the Santos striker further joked: "Now I am preparing for the Olympics. Three professionals can play in the Olympics and I'm one of the three!"

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